Recently U.S. Senate candidates weighed in on the Affordable Care Act, what they’ve heard on the campaign trail about it, and their ideas for its improvement.
Dan Sullivan(R) said he has heard nothing but frustration from people who have lost their healthcare or experienced significant cost hikes.
Sullivan: “Get back to the issue freedom make the decisions between the doctor and a family not federal bureaucrats telling you what your healthcare plan has to be. This means transparency this means the ability to buy healthcare across stateliness for more competition. There is a whole host of ways we can move forward here but Obamacare is not working, it’s also killing jobs.”
Mark Fish(L) said the Affordable Care Act has pointed out the issue of executive orders rewriting congressional intent.
Fish: “But as far as the act itself, it’s strictly small business. You know there are some people who are very hard to get insurance for that may benefit from it but the cost to everybody else has just skyrocketed and that hurts more than it helps at least that’s what I’m hearing.”
Incumbent Senator Mark Begich defended his actions on the Affordable Care Act saying that before this plan 34% of Alaskans were denied coverage.
Sen. Begich(D): “We got rid of the 1099 document that was required and was a huge burden of paperwork, so we increased to make sure military families who were lost in this mix to make sure they could cover their kids to the age of 26. There some issues with domestic violence that we resolved. Is there more to do? Absolutely, I’ve introduced the copper plan which will reduce premiums by about 18% we recognize that this plan is not perfect.”
Alaskans will decide next Tuesday, November 4, between those candidates for U.S. Senate.